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LARGE BOULDER IN JAW CRUSHER WAS BEING PULLED BACK OUT WITH CABLE AND CHAIN ATTACHED TO PIT LOADER. EMPLOYEE USED TOO SMALL OF CHAIN FOR SIZE BOULDER BEING PULLED OUT. CHAIN SNAPPED CAUSING CA BLE TO FLY INTO LOADER WINDSHIELD SHATTERING GLASS AND HITTING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE TURNED WHEELS OF STOCKPILE TRUCK TO THE LEFT FOR THE RATE OF SPEED TRAVELING, THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. EMPLOYEE STATED TRUCK ROLLED OVER SLOWLY AND EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PIT LOADER IN MINING AREA LOADING SHOT ROCK INTO HAUL TRUCK, WHEN LOADER BUCKET HIT A TOENAIL CAUSING A SUDDEN STOP AND EMPLOYEE HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON THE INSIDE OF CAB.